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Night in the Woods is a beautiful and deeply heartfelt indie “platformer” that focuses far more intensely on story than tricky platforming elements. It hits close to home for a lot of people, especially when it comes to mental health. For myself, it felt like a biography.

I think we can all agree: life is confusing! Romance is confusing. School is confusing. Waking up in the morning is confusing, especially if you wake up thinking you’re in the X-Men for a solid three minutes (this has happened to me). In recent memory, however, I have never been more confused than when I tried to…

Playing the new demo for Mario Tennis Aces last night was the most fun I’ve had with Mario Sports in a long time. And while playing, I realized that I was using tricks from my real life tennis experience to best other players. I’ll leave it up to you to decide if that’s good or bad, but here are a few examples of how…

Late last night (this morning?), I had an epiphany. I have played about 120 hours in Xenoblade Chronicles 2, and I was thinking about my time spent with the game. As I stirred my cauldron of thoughts, my brain stew heated, bubbled, and eventually exploded. I realized that about 40 hours of that total is by and large…

The room was dark, the screen was bright, and once more, Al Michaels crooned excitedly. “Aaaaaaand he’s in there for the touchdown.” I had heard it endlessly during my 120-point Madden 2005 rampage. As my players ran through one of the ten or so touchdown celebrations on the disk, I noticed the sun peeking through my…

Last week, I covered three of my favorite places in Xenoblade Chronicles. The short write-up got a great response, and there’s always more gorgeous environments to talk about in a game like this one. Without much further ado, let’s take another brief look at some of this game’s best areas.

Xenoblade Chronicles takes place on two massive gods, two titans locked in a mortal struggle between nature and machine. The world is built entirely for the story of the games, and it includes some stunning reveals. Let’s take a look at some of the most amazing places in one of the most amazing worlds in games.

This is a definitive, final, and absolute ranking of The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild’s animals. All animals included in the compendium are on the list. You are entitled to your opinion, but it is definitely wrong.

In 2016, frogs in gaming had a banner year. Now, to follow Slippy Toad and Frog Fractions 2 is... The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild. I know, I know, this game isn’t really about frogs, but look at this gif and tell me it shouldn’t be. In fact, frogs haven’t gotten the credit they deserve for their rich Zelda …